Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Court ruling from Argentina

Today a court in Argentina ruled that it is unconstitutional to penalize citizens for possessing marijuana for personal use, provided they consumed it privately without hurting anyone else. From the article:

"The unanimous ruling makes Argentina the second Latin American country in the past four days to allow personal use of a formerly illegal drug.

The case in question involved five young men who were arrested for having a few marijuana cigarettes in their pockets.

Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt, who at one time supported laws that make personal use of marijuana illegal, told the state-run Telam news agency that "reality" changed his mind.